adoration / detestation

first, the things i love.
hardly all-inclusive.

1. early-morning sunlight
2. cookies
3. water (it's a borderline addiction)
4. wearing heels
5. facebook friend requests
6. writing that flows like the words were always meant to be laced together
7. individuality, especially when expressed in chic clothing worn well
8. horses and riding
9. working as a teller
10. earning an A
11. being surrounded by friends
12. my birthday (really, anyone's birthday, just so long as they're loving it too)
13. Saturday-morning muffins at the bank
14. my favoritest of favorite customers, Wiley (intensified because he doesn't even realize)
15. driving fast
16. struggling to perfect the essay when i know i've got the argument
17. nouns that end in "-tion" (see title of this entry for examples)
18. traveling
19. jogging and yoga
20. children
21. getting paid
22. bodies of water, especially the middle of the ocean
23. flirtation.
24. dancing in my underwear
25. reaching the end of this list

now, the things i loathe.
cynical preoccupation.

1. those who wear flip-flops during the winter
2. the realization that you could have aced a test, had you tried
3. when the guy you like goes for your friend
4. realization of self-loathing
5. being home.
6. poor grammar and/or spelling
7. having to define myself by my taste in music- i really do listen to everything, bitches.
8. the phrase "brain fart"
9. the reality of our dependence on wasting natural resources and scarring the Earth
10. my mother. deeply.
11. my inability (and now lack of desire) to change that.
12. Christmas and Halloween
13. being cold. (ugh. it's a frequent malady.)
14. those who insist on purebred dogs
15. those against Referendum I
16. pro-lifers. (pro-choice does not equal pro-abortion! you can be personally against abortion and still be pro-choice)
17. getting ready for work
18. the social standard of diamond wedding rings
19. organized religion, especially christianity
20. money.
21. filling my gas tank
22. returning merchandise
23. opening gifts
24. beginning a novel
25. mainstream film